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Real Estate Live (Washington Post) - Welcome to Real Estate Live, an online discussion of the Washington area housing market with Post Real Estate editor Maryann Haggerty.

Real Estate Weekly: The importance of schools in home buying (Market Watch) - For those braving current real-estate conditions and buying a home, the school district in which the home resides may be one of the most important elements to look at these days, according to a study by Trulia.com.

'Client' charged in real estate agent's slaying (CNN.com) - JEFFERSON, Wisconsin (AP) -- An Illinois man was charged Thursday with killing a 71-year-old real estate agent whose body was found near a smoldering mattress in a home she was showing him.

Real estate commission tax-evasion charged (Newsday) - A Long Island real estate professional has been charged and six others directed to appear in court in connection with a state investigation into alleged evasion of state income taxes on sales commissions.

Loan Marketplace DebtX To Sell $380 Million Comml Real Estate Loans (Nasdaq) - NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- In an example of banks' efforts to slim their balance sheets, a large commercial bank is selling $380 million of commercial real estate loans through the loan marketplace DebtX.

Global Real Estate Institute expo draws international focus on RAK (Gowealthy) - The first-ever Global Real Estate Institute (GRI) Exhibition in the Middle East that will be held at the Park Hyatt Hotel, Dubai Creek from 18th to 19th March, 2008, is expected to thrust Ras Al Khaimah's (RAK)thriving property industry into international limelight. The Global Real Estate Institute is being partnered by Rakeen, one of the most dynamic property developers and land master ...

Real estate community rattled by murder (The Capital Times) - The alleged murder of a Cambridge-based sales agent has rattled the local real estate community and is bringing calls from at least one local broker for a concealed carry gun law. The death of Ann Nelson, 71, after a home showing near Lake Ripley turned violent is not an isolated event for the industry, although it's the first such incident in memory in the Madison area. For 28-year veteran real ...

UF survey: Commercial real estate outlook guarded (BizJournals) - The effects of the residential real estate slump are starting to spread to the commercial sector, but Florida's commercial real estate market should remain stable, according to a study from the University of Florida.

Chicago area man accused of killing Wis. real estate agent (Chicago Sun-Times) - JEFFERSON, Wis. -- An Illinois ex-convict charged Thursday with killing a real estate agent told authorities he became upset with her while she showed him a house and strangled her, and he also admitted stealing from her purse after the attack, a criminal complaint says.

Convicted sex offender charged in real estate agents death near Madison (The Appleton Post-Crescent) - JEFFERSON A convicted sex offender from Illinois who was charged Thursday with killing a real estate agent told authorities he became upset with her while she showed him a house and then began choking and beating her, a criminal complaint says.